Book Description
Waterbirth: an attitude to care 2nd edition is an essential text for
all those in midwifery practice, a useful tool for health care
professionals and a reliable information source for parents.
Contents
Midwives' accountability and responsibility; Pioneering
hydrotherapists; One unit's experience of waterbirth; International
perspectives on waterbirth; Setting up a waterbirthing facility;
Positive health aspects of hydrotherapy; Maternal perspective on
using water in labour and delivery; Fetal and newborn perspective;
Research issues for midwives using water in practice; What if...?;
Midwives education; The final word; Glossary; References;
Recommended further reading; Appendices: I: Maternal-fetal
interdependency; II: Hyperthermia; III: Waterbirth parents evening -
suggested format; IV: Home waterbirth follow-up letter; V:
Guidelines for protecting your back; VI: Useful addresses; VII:
Waterbirths worldwide
About the Author
Dianne Garland has been a practising midwife for the past seventeen
years and has experience in clinical, educational and managerial
roles. She has lectured widely on the use of water in labour both
abroad and in the UK, including ICM Japan, Vancouver, Oslo and
Manila. In conjunction with local companies she has designed a
waterbirthing tub and the first underwater fetal heart rate Doppler.
Her professional services have been utilised by the Royal College of
Midwives and the National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit, and she has
acted as a consultant to many maternity units in the UK.
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